Macron right to snub US Hormuz mission, French defense expert says
France should not do the United States’ job of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as it is the Americans who bear direct responsibility for the crisis.
19 March 2026
France should not do the United States’ job of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as it is the Americans who bear direct responsibility for the crisis.
31 January 2026
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is convinced that Europe should not passively observe the unpredictable actions of the US administration led by Donald Trump, but should instead focus on strengthening its own sovereignty, independence, and defense capacity.
16 January 2026
Major Powers Increasingly Prefer Force Over the Rules They Themselves Created
28 December 2025
HUR Is Systematically Reshaping the Rules of War — for the Adversary, for Partners, and for Ukraine Itself
14 November 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Gold Star orders and other state awards to service members of Ukraine's Security and Defense Forces, and also handed distinctions to the families of fallen Heroes who were honored posthumously.
13 September 2025
On September 13–14, Kyiv’s VDNH Urban Park is hosting the Spartan Trifecta Weekend — an international obstacle race dedicated to supporting the Main Directorate of Intelligence (abbreviated as HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry.
25 August 2025
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many in Western capitals believed Kyiv could fall within days. However, the efforts of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and U.S. support reshaped the course of the war and pushed it onto the aggressor’s territory.
08 August 2025
S-500 SAM, Su-34 fighter bomber, and Vasily Bykov patrol boat are among the most painful losses inflicted on Russia’s army in July
18 July 2025
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has released a documentary film The Battle for the Black Sea by director Oleksandr Nebylovych, showcasing unique maritime operations.
04 July 2025
Ukraine’s army aviation has become the first in the world to systematically use helicopters to intercept enemy drones, particularly during air attacks involving Shahed loitering munitions.
24 June 2025
Ukraine is capable of sharing its experience in modern warfare with other nations, according to the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (DIU).
17 June 2025
Echoes of war at sea will last a long time
10 June 2025
I see the enemies’ eyes in their last moments of life
01 April 2025
Ukraine has become the world’s first country to destroy a missile cruiser during a war.
26 February 2025
An Austrian colonel reflects on operations and achievements that have redefined military strategy
25 February 2025
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31 December 2024
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, and Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, met in Belarus to discuss the conditions of the prisoners of war (POWs) released on December 30.
30 December 2024
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has unveiled exclusive photos and video footage documenting the release of 189 Ukrainians from Russian captivity on December 30.
07 November 2024
Off the western coast of temporarily occupied Crimea and toward Snake Island, gas has been burning from wells for more than two years, and new sources of fire keep emerging.
16 October 2024
Rada has passed tax-raising law. The Ukrainian military struck an ammunition storage site at Khanskaya military airfield in Russia's Adygeya region, hit oil depots in several different regions in Russia. Ukrainian forces won back part of their lost positions in Russia’s Kursk region
13 October 2024
Russian prosecutors have pressed charges in absentia against Vasyl Maliuk, chief of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) of organizing in 2023 a “terrorist attack” on the Crimea bridge that connects the temporarily occupied peninsula with mainland Russia.
08 October 2024
As many as 172 combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours.
07 October 2024
The Russian military tries to attack gas production platforms near Snake (Zmiinyi) Island, but Ukrainian forces maintain control over the platforms and the island.
06 October 2024
Border guards rescued a violator who was trying to get to Slovakia on the instructions of “experts” from social networks.
05 October 2024
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has released footage of the battles for offshore gas platforms near Snake Island.
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service has released footage of the battles for offshore gas platforms near Snake Island.
03 October 2024
British intelligence suggests that Russia might have mistakenly attacked a civilian merchant vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat to Egypt.
16 September 2024
American historian Timothy Snyder took part in the testing of demining robots at a training ground just outside Kyiv.